Fleischmann questions Obama about unaccompanied children In Tennessee

Fleischmann questions Obama about unaccompanied children In Tennessee

Document: Letter to President Obama

Letter to President Obama

Tennessee's entire Republican congressional delegation has signed off on a letter U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann wrote President Barack Obama "demanding answers about the administration's handling of the release of 760 unaccompanied alien children to sponsors in Tennessee," a Fleischmann news release states.

"For an administration that claims to be honest and transparent, withholding this information from state and local governments is completely unacceptable," Fleischmann wrote. "We deserve immediate and accurate answers about these illegal immigrants. This is of the utmost importance, and I will not stop fighting until we receive the truth. I have always prioritized strengthening our border and enforcing immigration laws, and it is time the President does the same."

The influx of as many as 30,000 unaccompanied children across the nation's Southern border this year has become a political as well as humanitarian issue.